Bubble help on desktop screen

just got the w520. looks nice so far except, on the screen, lower right area of the screen there is an out line of something that has a shape of a bubble help.   Kind of looks like:
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it shows up in any resolution higher than 1600x900. It is visible regardless if I put a window over it or not
Any ideas before I ship this baby back?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

just some further info. The bubble help image seems to be burned on the screen. It's just the outline, with its shadow.
Weirdest thing. Since it is a new machine, tech support didn't seem to want to deal with it, sent me over to sales to get a replacement. Hope the next one is not worse.

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